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::''The reference here is to [[wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], but many details in the Doctor's speech do not conform to known events in the real world. The theorem was actually proved in the [[1990s]], but the Doctor's clarification that he was sending "the '''real''' one" likely indicates he doesn't feel the [[20th century]] solution is a particularly good one. The other reference is to [[wikipedia:Evariste Galois|Évariste Galois]], a [[19th century]] mathematician whose work on the theorem was fundamental to the [[1990s]] proof, who was killed in a duel. '' | ::''The reference here is to [[wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], but many details in the Doctor's speech do not conform to known events in the real world. The theorem was actually proved in the [[1990s]], but the Doctor's clarification that he was sending "the '''real''' one" likely indicates he doesn't feel the [[20th century]] solution is a particularly good one. The other reference is to [[wikipedia:Evariste Galois|Évariste Galois]], a [[19th century]] mathematician whose work on the theorem was fundamental to the [[1990s]] proof, who was killed in a duel. '' | ||
{{wikipediainfo|Fermat's Last Theorem}} | {{wikipediainfo|Fermat's Last Theorem}} | ||
[[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | [[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | ||
